Adjective : a spineless, lily-livered coward. From Dictionary.com.
The US news media spinelessly going along for the most part?. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » No Room for Errors] Reference
Will the Dems embrace the opportunity or stumble, spinelessly forward?. From Wordnik.com. [Impeachment; a Challenge to Dem Integrity and Courage] Reference
Constitution that have been shredded while Congress remained spinelessly silent. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom to Speak or to Cause Injury?] Reference
As they've spinelessly avoided using it, their numbers have descended lower and lower. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Kall: Spineless Dems or a Dem-Trifecta Driven Filibuster-Proof Congress and a Media Carrot] Reference
We know that they spinelessly abrogated their constitutional responsibility and duty to declare war. From Wordnik.com. [Cindy Sheehan: Supporting Hillary?] Reference
You can disagree with him on that, but looking at it through his paradigm, it's tough to say he's acting "spinelessly.". From Wordnik.com. [The bailout/rescue bill passes the Senate.] Reference
Just when we were laughing hysterically watching Hummers pull up to gas station, you had to spinelessly drop to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [David Bourgeois: Top 10 Douchebags of 2008] Reference
You must have been asleep the past 2 years while the same people were behaving just as spinelessly vis a vis the Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [A Super-Delegate Meets With Hillary And Obama, Comes Away Unswayed] Reference
Sir Augustus saw the odds, and saw the French bayonets coming through the war-smoke, and he folded spinelessly in front of the threat. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Enemy]
The same goes for all of those city hall apparatchiks who spinelessly facilitate those scams -- planners, accountants, lawyers, spokespeople, etc. From Wordnik.com. [New pitch for Paulson: No new stadium, no summer sports at all (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
I hope the Parks Board does what they know is right from every perspective, rather than bending spinelessly to the stingy demands of the state ORV lobby group. From Wordnik.com. [David Petersen: Don't Let Reckless Off-roaders Ruin the Summer] Reference
It was hard for activists not to express disgust with the majority of Dems who spinelessly continue to ignore what Greg Palast calls the "elephant in the voting booth.". From Wordnik.com. [We Count Seize the Polls: HCPB bill introduced for 2008] Reference
Now, the powerful UP Police, which spinelessly goes around with the local MLAs, has arrested a young man called Arun Valmiki for allegedly defacing Ambedkar's statue in Kanpur. From Wordnik.com. [A New Dalit Movement Emerging From Maharastra?] Reference
Geoffrey Boycott said: "Look at the players who capitulated so spinelessly at Sabina Park and you will see that almost all of them appeared in Peter Moores 'first series as coach back in 2007.". From Wordnik.com. [Boycott: Players lack motivation] Reference
Nora was spinelessly quick to accept the quid pro quo, and for the rest of the day she grinned whenever she thought of Blake being scolded by his mother into accepting the blame for the accident. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress for a Weekend]
As they spinelessly equivocate on this illegal war my two nephews (brothers) are on there way back to Iraq (one today and the other on this coming Sunday) for their fourth deployment to the war zone!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » More McCain Attacks: Murtha ‘Sentimental,’ ‘Never Been a Big Thinker’] Reference
Now she argues that it was a mistake to push for the elections, when in fact the real mistake was for Washington to spinelessly fall in line with Israeli dictates and boycott the victorious Hamas party. From Wordnik.com. [rami khouri on liz cheney] Reference
Thanks to EU Referendum you can see a list of all the MPs who have no respect for democracy and/or who spinelessly fell in line with the Labour party political line and those who do believe in democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
But even more worryingly, some universities are spinelessly choosing to give in to such bullying. From Wordnik.com. [Spectator Live] Reference
(link). .has demonstrated that he spinelessly votes with the party, not with the people he represents. From Wordnik.com. [How the worm has turned in Virginia. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
Beside one of them a tall young man was sunk spinelessly in a chair, relaxed to the still warmth of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories] Reference
Not having shown that consideration for anybody, they might at least have been less spinelessly indulgent of her. From Wordnik.com. [Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William] Reference
Jewboy, many of us are at a loss for words at the sight of our government spinelessly boycotting the UN Conference on Racism. From Wordnik.com. [newmatilda.com - Comments] Reference
This man was a notorious coward, having spinelessly fled his homeland rather than show any shred of American gumption or for that matter any hint of loyalty. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Activity] Reference
Here Zuma spinelessly goes out of his way to ease the minds of the western bourgeoisie and reveals quite clearly that he is at least partially loyal to the capitalist system that is the bane of the South African people. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
He should have followed my lead by behaving spinelessly. ". From Wordnik.com. [McCain Hits Obama On FISA -- Vote Set For This Morning] Reference
But it’s heartening to see that some universities aren’t spinelessly acquiescing to the RIAA’s demands. From Wordnik.com. [University of Nebraska Bills the RIAA for Wasting Its Time | Impact Lab] Reference
Quit spinelessly hiding behind legal loopholes. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats press Republicans to stop secret holds in Senate] Reference
I sagged rather spinelessly against the desk. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
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